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bloomy - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective adjective
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective bloom (as on fruit).
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
bloom + -y
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Examples
Camembert cheese or substitute any bloomy rind cheese, such as brie, cut into four slices
All They're Cracked Up to Be Charlotte Druckman 2011
A fairly young cheese with a soft, bloomy rind is ideal for melting.
Nigel Slater's cheese recipes 2011
Some savvy American cheesemakers have taken to offering small cheeses with Camembert-like bloomy white rinds, including the soil-scientists-cum-cheesemakers who run Prairie Fruits Farm in Illinois.
Good Cheeses Come in Small Packages Sara Dickerman 2011
Run before it gets you with its diaper bag smell, pustules of mold, and ambiguous bloomy rind!
Adventures With the Stinky Cheese Man: Andrew From Andrew's Cheese Shop 2010
I had never a goat cheese of that character, with the wonderful bloomy rind covering ash and the unctuous ribbon of aged cheese that surrounds the creamy center.
Say Cheese: Meet Caroline Ross 2010
The blue was creamy with a piquant white pepper kick, the washed rind's scent dissipated when unwrapped and was luxuriously silky, and the dome of chevre was fresh and sweet, with a little touch of acid from the bloomy rind.
Adventures With the Stinky Cheese Man: Andrew From Andrew's Cheese Shop 2010
After aging, it is cut into 10-pound blocks and aged an additional 10 weeks in a cave, where it develops a bloomy white-mold rind.
Say Cheese: Amish, aged and first-rate 2010
Run before it gets you with its diaper bag smell, pustules of mold, and ambiguous bloomy rind!
Claire Thomas: Adventures With the Stinky Cheese Man: Andrew From Andrew's Cheese Shop 2010
The blue was creamy with a piquant white pepper kick, the washed rind's scent dissipated when unwrapped and was luxuriously silky, and the dome of chevre was fresh and sweet, with a little touch of acid from the bloomy rind.
Claire Thomas: Adventures With the Stinky Cheese Man: Andrew From Andrew's Cheese Shop 2010
G swears he has never seen one quite so .. bloomy ..
If there was any doubt that Christmas is coming... Michele 2007
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